Incidents

Svitzer Avon
Delphine
The ill-fated tour boat Kazu I, which sank off Japan's main island of Hokkaido on April 23, 2022. Twenty people who were on board the vessel that day are confirmed to have died while the remaining six remain missing to this day and are presumed dead.
Firefighters douse a cargo vessel that had caught fire while undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey, June 16, 2026.
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Seized charcoal bags containing the imported methamphetamine
Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017. On that date, a total of 263 illegal immigrants on boats were rescued within Operation Sophia's area of responsibility in the Central Mediterranean.
Fire at Russia's Tuapse oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack
Port of Primorsk, Russia
Russian Navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich
Aftermath of US strike on suspected narco-boat off the Eastern Pacific, June 16, 2026
A suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker following its apprehension in Indonesian waters, July 2023
Russian Navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich
A Sovcomflot tanker
UK forces boarded the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos
The Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos being boarded by UK forces
Belgian and French forces board the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Ethera
Emergency responders at the site of the capsizing, June 15, 2026
Krilo Eclipse
The breakaways of Wide India (left) and Volans (centre), with Viking Passama in the right foreground.
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